INDEX. 



Pied h;>rse t account of the, 386. 



Pigmentum nigrum, account of the, 88. 



Piper, description of the, 215. 



Pit of the eye, the, indicative of the age, 71. 



Pitch, its use for charges and plasters, 414. 



Pithing, a humane method of destroying ani- 

 mals, 158. 



Pleura, description of the, 179. 



Pleurisy, the nature and treatment of, 181. 

 217. 



Pneumonia, the nature and treatment of, 206. 



Poisons, account of the most frequent, 226, 

 227 ; tests of the different ones, 227. 



Poll-evil, the cause and treatment of, 157; 

 importance of the free escape of the mat- 

 ter, ib. 



Popliteus muscle, description of the, 284. 



Porter's Spirit of the Times, opinion of, 51. 



Postea spinatus muscle, description of the, 

 260. 



Post Boy, race won by, 37. 



Post Match, 42. 



Potash, the compound of, 414. 



Potatoes, considered as an article of food, 378, 

 379. 



Poultices, their various compositions, manner 

 of acting, and great use, 414. 



Powders, comparison between them and balls, 

 415. 



Pressure, race won by, 37. 



Pressure on the brain, effect of, 94. 



Prick, in the foot, treatment of, 315 ; injuri- 

 ous method of removing the horn in search- 

 ing for, 317. 



Prussic acid, treatment of poisoning by, 226. 



Puffing the glims, a trick of fraudulent horse- 

 dealers, 71. 



Pulse, the natural standard of the, 184 ; vari- 

 eties of the, ib. ; importance of attention to 

 the, 185 ; the most convenient place to feel 

 it, ib. ; the finger on the pulse during the 

 bleeding, ib. 



Pumiced feet, description and treatment of, 

 304; do not admit of cure, ib. ; constitute 

 unsoundness, 394. 



Pupil of the eye, description of the, 89 ; the 

 mode of discovering blindness in it, ib. 



Purchase, to complete the, there must be a 

 memorandum, or payment of some sum, 

 however small, 396. 



Purging, violent, treatment of, 235. 



QUARTERS of the horse, description of the, 

 281 ; importance of their muscularity and 

 depth, ib. ; foot, description of, 297 ; the 

 inner, crust thinner and weaker at, 298 ; 

 folly of lowering the crust, ib. 



Quidding the food, cause of, 363; unsound- 

 ness while it lasts, 394. 



^einme, the sulphate of, 403. 



Quittor the nature and treatment of, 313; the 

 treatment often long and difficult, exercis- 

 ing the patience both of the practitioner 

 and owner, 314. 315; is unsoundness, 394. 



RVBIES, symptoms of, 100 



Race-courses, different lengths of, 41. 

 Races, among the Arabs, 27 ; best in Anieric* 



on record, 35 ; at mile heats, 36 ; at two 



mile heats, 37 ; at three mile heats, 38 ; at 



four mile heats, 39 ; miscellaneous exam 



pies of, 40 ; prejudices against, 33. 

 Racers may beget trotters, 52, 53. 

 Racks, no openings should be allowed above 



them, 367. 



Radius, description of the, 261. 

 Ragged-hipped, what, 279 ; no impediment tu 



action, ib. 



Raking, the operation of, 415. 

 Rattler, matches won by, 57, 59 ; height of, 65* 

 Reality, race won by, 37. 

 Rearing, a dangerous and inveterate hubit, 



359. 

 Recti muscles, of the neck, description ofj 



158; of the thigh, 280. 

 Rectum, description of the, 229, 230. 

 Red Bill, races won by, 36, 38. 

 Reins, description of the proper, 140. 

 Resin, its use in veterinary practice, 415. 

 Respiration, description of the mechanism 



and effect of, 179. 

 Respiratory nerves, the, 79. 

 Restiveness, a bad habit, and never cured, 



353 ; anecdotes in proof of its inveterate. 



ness, 353, 354. 



Retina, description of the, 91. 

 Retractor muscle of the eye, description of h%92. 

 Rheumatism, 110. 

 Rifle, performance of, 57. 

 Ribbed-home, advantage of being, 171. 

 Ribs, anatomy of the, 168, 169. 

 Richard of York, race won by, 37. 

 Ringbone, the nature and treatment of, 277 



278 ; constitutes unsoundness, 394. 

 Ripple, race won by, 38. 

 Riptcn, matches won by, 57, 63, 64; heigh* 



of, 65. 



Roach-backed, what, 172. 

 Roan horses, account of, 386. 

 Roaring, the nature of, 194, 215 ; curious his. 



tory of, 195 ; constitutes unsoundness, 392; 



from tight reining, 196; from buckling in 



crib-biting, ib. ; treatment of, 197. 

 Robin Hood, race won by, 36. 

 Rocker, race won by, 37. 

 Rolling, danger of, and remedy for, 363. 

 Roman nose in the horse, what, 122. 

 Round-bone, the, can scarcely be dislocated, 



282. 



Round course, length of, 41. 

 Rowels, manner of inserting, and their opera- 



tion, 415 ; comparison between them, blis- 

 ters, and setons, 350. 

 Rules and regulations of the New York 



Jockey Club, 42. 

 Rules and regulations of the New York 



Trotting Club, 54. 



Running away, method of restraining, 359. 

 Rupture, treatment of, 240 ; of the suspensory 



ligament, 193. 

 Rye-grass, considered as an article of food 



378. 



